xxx, 607 pages : 23 cm

In "Distinction", Pierre Bourdieu brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world. Focusing on the French bourgeoisie -- its tastes and preferences -- "Distinction" is at once a vast ethnography of contemporary France and a dissection of the bourgeois mind

Reprint. Originally published: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1984

Originally published in French by Les Editions de Minuit, Paris

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1: A social critique of the judgement of taste. The aristocracy of culture -- Part 2: the economy of practices. The social space and its transformations ; The habitus and the space of life-styles ; The dynamics of the fields -- Part 3: Class tastes and life-styles. The sense of distinction ; Cultural goodwill ; The choice of the necessary ; Culture and politics -- Conclusion: Classes and classifications

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